Hi John Ruse!!
On Tue, 27 May 1997, john ruse wrote:
> Yes, but don't forget to add into the equation that large heavy duty
>cardboard
> boxes can cost upto 5.00 BPS each, packaging materials, adhesive tape, bubble
Your prices are accurate ONLY if they're paying RETAIL. I make my
living in the packaging industry, and EVERYTHING we sell, and EVERYTHING
we buy has a sliding price scale; buy one and pay a bundle, buy a
thousand, and pay a lot less per unit. In industry, EVERY price is
negotiable; it's NOT like buying retail.
> wrap are all expensive and the packers wage. All additional expenses to the
Ok, the packer gets $10 per hr. If he/she packs one box every 6
minutes, that's $1 per box. I've seen these guys working, and they pack
a LOT more than one box every 6 minutes...
> 'over the counter sale'. i think you will find that in practice a lot of mail
> order expenses are absorbed.
Not if they want to stay in business, unless they've got a monopoly on
the product and it's priced sky high to begin with.
TTUL8r, Kirk Cowen (who has to do buying when he's the maintenance lead
hand)
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